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A Postgraduate History
Journal
Featuring:
Nicholas Brown
‘On the Statue of Narcissus’ from
Callistratus’ Descriptiones Statuarum and
the Question of Representation
Sarah Gandee
Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and the
Re-Interpretation of ‘Untouchability’:
Legislating Against Caste Violence in
Rural India, 1930-1975
Clare Gordon
Encouraging a Broader Narrative of
American Pure Food Legislation:
Understanding the Federal Food, Drug
and Cosmetic Act of 1938
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Volume 4, Issue 1.
Spring 2015.
Correspondence
Retrospectives Editor
Department of History
Humanities Building
University of Warwick
Coventry, CV4 7AL
Email: retrospectives@warwick.ac.uk
Website: www.retrospectives.org.uk
Twitter: @retrospectives_
Editors
Benjamin Redding
James Bennett
Desiree Arbo
Anastasia Stylianou
Jennifer Codd
Anastasia Schulze
(Editor)
(Deputy Editor)
(Secretary & Classics Correspondent)
(Book Review Editor)
(Promotions Officer)
(Style and Features Editor)
With thanks to:
Our dedicated group of reviewers, and those who submitted an
article for peer review; the History Department of the University of
Warwick.
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Table of Contents
Foreword
BY PROFESSOR DANIEL BRANCH
‘On the Statue of Narcissus’ from Callistratus’
Descriptiones Statuarum and the Question of
Representation
BY NICHOLAS BROWN
Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar and the ReInterpretation of ‘Untouchability’: Legislating
Against Caste Violence in Rural India, 1930-1975
BY SARAH GANDEE
Encouraging a Broader Narrative of American
Pure Food Legislation: Understanding the Federal
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938
BY CLARE GORDON
Review: The German Right in the Weimar Republic:
Studies in the History of German Conservatism,
Nationalism, and Anti-Semitism
BY ALEX BURKHARDT
Review: The Story of Pain: From Prayer to
Painkillers
BY MICHELLE DAVIS
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Review: Nothing Quite Like It: An American-Irish
Childhood
BY YUH J. HWANG
Review: Missionary Families: Race, Gender and
Generation on the Spiritual Frontier
BY RACHEL PEAT
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Review: The Beguines of Medieval Paris: Gender,
Patronage, and Spiritual Authority
BY YVONNE SEALE
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About the Authors
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Retrospectives is committed to publishing original postgraduate historical
research. We encourage submissions from postgraduates of all levels, from
first year taught MA students to those who have recently completed their
PhD. We aim to publish high quality material by maintaining high
standards for author feedback, and are committed to providing full and
detailed comments on every article sent to us. Retrospectives is not only a
journal, it is a resource for postgraduate students. Alongside our
constructive, collaborative review process, we encourage postgraduate
students to submit creative and innovative pieces of writing.
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